Software Engineer - Container Fabric

We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're ...

Join New Relic’s Container Fabric (CF) team and play a pivotal role in shaping our global internal platform. You will work at the very heart of our infrastructure, building resilient, scalable systems that empower engineering teams across the entire business. If you thrive on solving complex, large-scale challenges ...

You will be given the autonomy to drive platform evolution, work with state-of-the-art cloud-native tools, and push the boundaries of modern infrastructure.

Platform Orchestration: Oversee and enhance a massive Kubernetes infrastructure platform, ensuring peak availability, performance, and reliability.
Automation & Engineering: Evolve internal tooling to eliminate manual overhead and streamline platform delivery across global teams.
Lifecycle Management: Manage Day 1 and Day 2 operations for Kubernetes clusters using modern scaling frameworks.
Operational Excellence: Partner with a supportive engineering team to manage production environments and lead high-severity incident responses calmly and efficiently.
Infrastructure Expertise: A background in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Infrastructure Engineering managing production environments.
Kubernetes Mastery: Deep working knowledge of K8s primitives (Deployments, StatefulSets, Services) and hands-on experience building custom Kubernetes Operators.
Golang Proficiency: Strong skills in Go for systems programming and infrastructure automation.
Production Focus: Proven experience managing production stability, monitoring, and resolving high-severity incidents.

Experience with cloud-native auto-scaling technologies such as Karpenter or Cluster API.
Practical familiarity with Helm and GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Flux to manage continuous deployment workflows.
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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The pay range below represents a reasonable estimate of the salary for the listed position. This role is eligible for a corporate bonus plan. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicant’s skills, qualifications, and experience.
New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, flex time-off, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time-off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees.
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